Workers' Dignity, a labor advocacy group, has organized protests in support of the workers at two Nashville hotels owned by Brentwood real estate investor Rajesh Aggarwal.

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Duane Marsteller
| The Tennessean

What began as a legal dispute between a prominent Brentwood real estate investor and employees at two Nashville hotels he owns has escalated into allegations of retaliation, smear campaigns and threats of death and deportation, court records show.

One worker suing Rajesh Aggarwal and the hotels said they retaliated by firing her the same day the suit was filed. Another employee said she was threatened with "a slow death" for "the trouble she was causing with the lawsuit." Workers also said Aggarwal threatened to send immigration officers to their homes.